Apparel garment



W. KOPS APPAREL GARMENT July 7, 1931.

Filed Aug. 19, 1929 v I INVENTOR [1&[02 /22 granted to me July 19th, 1927. The

Patented July 7, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALDEMAR xors, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIGNoR. 'ro KoPs 330s; INC., or NEW YORK Y., .A. CORPORATION on NEW YORK APPAREL GARMENT Application filed August 19, 1929. Serial No. 386,828.

This invention relates to an apparel garment of the girdle type which is so constructed and made of such material as to be adapted to fit the body and to be main- 5 tained in position thereon without. the employment of the usual hose supporter straps to prevent the same from creeping upwardly. The garment is of the same general type as that disclosed in Letters Patent No. 1,636,516

arment of the patent, however, includes tocks straps, to ether with a crotch strap, the latter being ad ustable longitudinally of the garment to accomplish the intended purposes and in which the crotch strap, due to the manner in which it is adjustable in the garment, bears against the crotch of the wearer with varying degrees of pressure. Now. the garment made in accordance with the present '20 invention also includes a crotch strap, but

the buttocks straps are entirely dispensed with. The crotch strap, furthermore, is made adjustable to position and is so associated with the lowerportions of the, garment that these parts of the girdle surround and yieldingly engage the upper parts of the limbs of the wearer, whereby the necessary pressure is placed on the limbs of the wearer to maintain the garment in position without necessarily causing the crotch strap to exert any pressure whatsoever against the body of the wearer. made of a suitable material which is yieldable to a greater extent in one direction than in the other and the material is so cut and as'will be hereinafter more particularly de-' scribed.

Inthe drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the garment made in accordance with my invention,

The garment, furthermore, is

her in which the fabric of which the garment.

is made may be knitted or otherwise constructed.

Referring to the drawings the garment includes a front member 10 which, like all the other members of the garment, is a twoply structure. The outer ply of this member is indicated at 11 and the inner ply at 12. The 00 front member 10 is preferably wider at the top than at the bottom with the side portions converging downwardly, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2. In this front member there is a-liner 13 between the inner and 5 outer plies thereof. a i

The garment also includes side members 14 and 15, together with a back member 16. As hereinbefore stated, these members, that is,'theside members and the back member, 70'

Y are also preferably constructed to include an outer and an inner ply. The front member 10 is connected to the right hand side member 14 by suitable l'nes of stitching 17 and the opposite side of he front member is con- '75 nected to the left hand side member 15 by a suitable line of stitchin 18, or otherwise. The rear edge .of the rig t hand side member 14 is connected to the adjacent edge of the back member 16 by aline of stitchi I or otherwise. Similarly the-rear edge 0 the left hand side member 15 is connected to-the adjacent edge ofthe back member 1'6 by asuitable line of stitching 20, or otherwise.

The upper portion of the division line be- 86 1 tween the front member 10 and the left hand- 1 member 15 is preferably open and the edges thereof fitted with reinforcing strips 21 and 22. The reinforcing strip 21 is provided with I tions the reinforcing strip 22 is provided with eyes 24, the hooks 23 being adapted to engage the eyes 24 to form a convenient type of 010- sure for the upper portion of the garment.

The back member 16 is provided with a liner indicated'at 25 and located between the inner and outer plies thereof. This liner member is of appreciable width and extends entirely across the lower edge portion of the back member. In suitable ositions in the lower part of the back mem r and extending through the plies thereof and also through the liner member 25 there are sets of eyelets indicated at 26 and 27, the eyelets 26 being on the right hand side of the garment and the eyelets 27 on the left hand side thereof.

The garment also includes a crotch strap 28. This may be of any desired configuration and is also preferably made of two plies of material. As indicated in Fig. 5 one ply is designated at 29 and the other at 30. Be-

tween the inner and outer plies of the crotch strap member there is a liner 31. One end of the crotch member 28 is connected to the lower end of the front member 10 by a line of stitching 32 or otherwise and this end of the crotch member, as illustrated, is preferably coextensive circumferentially with the lower end of the front member. At

its opposite end the crotch member is fitted with diverging straps 33 and 34; which are preferably made of elastic material and at the free extremities of these straps 33 and 34 there are hooks 35 and 36, the hooks 35 and 36 being adapted respectively to engage in either one of the sets of eyelets 26 and 27 arranged, as hereinbefore described, circumferentially along the lower edge of the back member 16. a Because of the use of the liner member 13 in the front member of the garment this front member is substantially unyielding. The

' other members of the garment, however, are

made of a material such, for exam 1e, as glovesilk material, or the like, which is so knitted, as indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 6, or otherwise, as to be stretchable or yieldable to an appreciable extent in one direction, whereas in the other direction the fabric is substantially unyielding. The side members, as well as theback member of the garment, are made of such a material and the material is so cut and the garment made up that the parts thereof, that is, the side members and the back member, are longitudinally stretchable or yieldable in order to readily conform to the body of the wearer, fitting smoothly over the thighs and buttocks.-

In the use of the garment the hooks 35 and 36 are caused to enga e in any one of the sets of eyelets 26 and 2 and an adjust-. ment efiected around the upper'portions of the limbs;of the wearer so as to cause the same to be engaged with any desired tensign by these parts of the crotch strap and the intermediate lower portions of the garment, that is, the lower forward parts of the back member and the lower edge portions of the side members. In this manner these parts of the garment may be made to adjustably engage the upper parts of the limbs of the wearer in order to maintain the garment in the desired position on the body and to effect this purpose without causing the crotch member to exert any pressure against the body, or, for that matter, to come into contact with the body at all.

It will be understood that the structure of the garment is not precisely limited to that hereinbefore described as, for example, the closure may be placed in any desired position or entirely omitted in some instances, and also the material may be varied without departing from the nature and spirit of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a garment of the type described, a girdle adapted to extend around the abdominal portion of the body of a wearer, a crotch member extending from the lower front edge of the girdle; and means for connecting the crotch member in any one of a plurality of positions along the lower edge portion of the back of the girdle to cause the crotch member and the lower edge portions of the girdle to engage the upper parts of the limbs of the wearer to maintain the girdle in position on the body.

2. In a garment of the type described, a girdle adapted to extend around the abdominal portion of the body of a wearer, a crotch member extending from the lower front edge portion of the girdle, and means for adjustably connecting the crotch member in any one of a number of sets of eyelets all arranged circumferentially in a single row in the lower portion of the girdle at the back thereof to cause the crotch member and the lower edge portions of the girdle to engage the, upper parts of the limbs of the wearer to maintain the girdle in position on the body.

3. In a garment of the type described, a girdle comprising a front member, side members and a back member adapted to surround the abdominal portion of the body of a wearer, a plurality of eyelets arranged circumferentially in the lower edge portion of the back member, a crotch member connected at one end to the lower edge portion of the front member, and means extending from the other end of the crotch member and adapted to yieldingly connect with any set of said eyelets to cause the said crotch member and the K said side and back members being made of a material yieldable in one direction and so placed in the garment that the material is yieldable longitudinally thereof; permitting the side "and back members to fit over and conform to the thighs and buttocks of a wearer, and means connected between the front and back members for yieldingly engaging the upper parts of the limbs of the wearer to maintain the garment in position on the body.

Signed by me this 8th da of August 1929.

WALD MAR KoPs. 

